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...Welcome back,Civil War! 

 

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"You're killing innocents!"

 

"Marina, he's gone. You can stop now."

 

"Crystal...Developed an Affinity to her?"

 

"Care to explain in further detail just what you have planned..."

 
...Hold it,that's to far ahead,go back a bit. 
 

[◄◄REWIND◄◄]

 
 

500 years has past since Sora's final battle against Xehront. The worlds are now at peace. Sometime during the 500 year peace it was agreed upon that the worlds would be in-charge of two well known leaders: Alpha, and Omega. Everything went well. However one night the two of them were both mysteriously massacred each in their own domain. The worlds under Alpha's rule decided that they would pass what would be known as the "Purge Act" as in reaction to Alpha's murder. It's orders were simple: The Keyblade Wielding race was to be eliminated in every world,as they blamed a keyblade wielder for Alpha's murder. World armies were formed. They hunted the Keyblade Wielders down by the dozens,but the Keyblade Wielders formed a army of themselves to counter the Act in the name of Omega,who insists that his murderer belonged within Alpha's rule. A civil war erupted. Light vs light,brothers vs brothers,Keyblade Wielders vs non-keyblade wielders. Now, After 5 years of the war, there is only fighting in the worlds. No peace. No sight of an end. Both sides are relentless. Worlds had become battlegrounds and prizes to be won. Only the dead have seen the end of this war as darkest of shadows crawl beneath the blood stained streets. Alpha and Omega lived to form universal peace between their worlds,now their deaths were tearing them apart. Only one question remains: 

Which side will you choose?

 

 

-*-*-*-

The worlds were lead by two leaders: Alpha and Omega. One night they were both murdered at their own domains. The worlds under Alpha's reign claimed a keyblade wielder murdered Alpha,and decided to try to eliminate the Keyblade wielding race. The keyblade wielders fought back,claiming that Omega was murdered by someone from Alpha's side. So a civil war erupts with no end until one side wins,or neither. 

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~THINGS TO KNOW~

 

-Keyblade Wielders Union-

●Original Leader: Omega (Female)

 

●Current Leader: Ravio

 

 

●Sided worlds: (The worlds that they own/are on their side)

~Land of Departure: Still in function,currently handled by Keyblade Masters. Even though the world has declared itself "Neutral",the KWU uses it as a hospital for its most injured soldiers because of the Keyblade Master's knowledge in healing spells. From missing limbs to emotionally broken soldiers,only the worst of the worst end up here to rest,recover,and go back into the fight. For the sake of the Keyblade wielders,who many are barely children ranging from the ages of 16 to 21,the Keyblade Masters do their part in healing and helping them. 

 

~Disney Castle: This world is the most heavily protected of the KWU considering it is where the leaders of war live,plan their attacks and lead their armies. Currently residing here besides the KWU war leaders and soldiers are the Omega's children: Princess Yuri and Prince Ravio,forced into their positions after Omega's death. 

 

~Disney Town: A battle-scared city currently used as a military town. Here they train soldiers and wounded soldiers can live here with their families while they are in recovery. 

 

~Halloween Town: Active place for "vacations" within the troops. Rather independent,rarely sees war strangely enough. 

 

●Weaponry: Purely keyblades besides their gummi ships. 

 

-Worlds Powers Alliance-

●Original leader: Alpha (Male)

 

●Current Leader:  Talon

 

●Sided worlds: (The worlds that they own/are on their side)

~Twilight Town: Most important world to the WPA,as is where their leader Alpha resided and died,and the most heavily defended. The WPA is more active in this world than the rest. The old mansion in the forest is used as the HQ. The basement is used as the prison area. The flower pods are the prison "cells" as there is no lock for the keyblade wielders to open them with. The Clock Tower still stands and it along with its plaza is used as an execution plaza. The most common execution for prisoners of war (keyblade wielders or traitors) is hanging from the very top of the clock tower. 

 

~Atlantica: Not a very active world for wars at all,but the WPA has taken the advantage and built a giant underwater base within Atlantica where King Triton's castle once stood. Only way to get there is by Gummi ships/submarines. (Unless you're a keyblade wielder,who just transforms into half-sea creature) It is currently used as an HQ and a scientist lab,where they do human experimentation on war prisoners (Keyblade wielders and traitors) and after they're done they send the mutilated body to the KWU to recover it. 

 

~Port Royal: Dare I say party town. Yet very frequent war-zone. If you want to relax and get drunk,this is the place to be. 

 

~Christmas Town: Even though it is connected to Halloween Town by a portal,it rarely sees war. 

 

●Weaponry: They all use a varied range of weapons from knives to guns. Absolutely no keyblades.

 

-No Man's Land-

(Worlds with no owners as they are used as battlefields and/or the groups are currently fighting over it)

~Deep Jungle: To savage and extensive to keep under control. Used from time to time as a battle ground. 

~Keyblade Graveyard: Desolated world. Mostly used as a battle ground. The KWU does tend to leave the keyblades of fallen soldiers on here along with the ones already there from the keyblade war,only increasing the number of keyblade graves. Unknown activity tends to happen here. 

~Hollow Bastion: A mirror world of "Radient Garden" created by an unrecorded event this world is desolated. High activity for bloody battles is recorded here. It has witnessed the most number of deaths after a nuke was dropped here,killing thousands from both sides. The castle was mysteriously rebuilt (some say by heartless!),and it still stands today. 

~Pride Land: To wild to keep under control. Suspicious and unknown activity occurs here often. 

~The World That Never Was: Uninhabited according to records. But rumors say that they've seen people in the form of shadows or figures in the castle when going out on recon. 

~Castle Oblivion: Mirrored world of "Land of Departure". It's labyrinth design makes it impossible for use so it is currently abandoned. Or so they say. 

 

All other worlds' statuses are unknown. 

 

-*-*-*-

 

~RULES~

-No Godmodding. No OPing.

-Minimum cursing. Don't F-Bomb every single one of your posts.

-Minimum 5 full sentences per post. This won't be taken lightly if its less.

-Proper Grammar at the best of your ability. No quick rp. 

-Be nice to your RP buddies. 

-Discussions of the RP or of your characters that are OUT of character are to be taken OUTSIDE of the RP. We shall NOT spam the rp with anything else but character sheets,acceptance posts and actual posts. 

-No controlling or killing other people's characters without permission. 

-Kissing is allowed. But nothing beyond that. Keep it PG-13.

-If you want to make a gory scene with descriptive detail do add a warning for our fellow readers. 

-Make your posts make sense. 

-Have fun.

 

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~CHARACTER SHEETS~

 

-Keblade Wielders Union (KWU):

Name:

Age:

Gender: 

Appearance:

Weapon: (Must be a keyblade. Oblivion,original keyblade,etc.)

Bio: 

Theme Song: (Optional)

 

-Worlds Power Alliance: (WPA)

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Appearance:

Weapon: (Anything but a keyblade. Nothing to OP either)

Bio:

Theme Song: (Optional)

Edited November 16, 201311 yr by terraxaqua34

KWU:

Name: Cerio Orem

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Appearance:

 

Weapon: http://phoenixtrooper.deviantart.com/art/Keyblade-Honour-s-Last-Echo-149306850

Bio: Cerio was a former WPA soldier, unaware of his keybearing abilities. He and his team fell under attack by an ambush, and were nearly defeated when Cerio's keyblade awoke. Now conflicted of his ideals, he continued to fight for his friends. Cerio yelled at his teammates to run as he held the KWU wielders at bay. His squadmates, while conflicted, chose to run and save themselves. Cerio was able to defeat each of the KWU ambush members with his newfound power, except for the leader, who was finally able to strike him down. Cerio was captured by the KWU, but not killed due to the wish to make an ultimate race, but also due to the potential that he showed when he first received his keyblade. Cerio is rarely allowed to be on the battlefield without an escort and a magical tag on him.  

Theme Song: N/A

Heather looked around at the Land of Departure with a sigh. Wounded warriors lay on stretchers that were beginning to fill up the makeshift medical ward. The healers hurried around between them, trying desperately to heal as many as possible. Her gaze dropped back to her own patient as she noticed the green glow of her spell fading. Almost done. One more cura finished his major wounds. There were still a few bruises, but they would have to wait. Heather turned to a woman with a deep cut in her abdomen. Managing to conceal her dismay from the patient, she cast curaga. At the rate these soldiers were coming in... No. They would heal all of them, they had to.

Accepted 

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The General had a rather difficult time keeping the group still. The town was a military town and usually attacked frequently,yet its citizens managed to give it a somewhat happy and peppy vibe. 

 

"Stay still dammit,you guys have to report to the camp by 4,you hear me?! DAMMIT MIA,DON'T BITE THAT!" He sighed as he massaged his temples. Vashle seemed to walk away but the General quickly pulled him aside. "Hold up kid."He said,wrapping an arm around his shoulder. "Come with me."He said,walking away as he pulled Vashle with him. Vashle stared somewhat confused,but rather curious.

 

"Did I do something wrong,sir?"Vashle asked as he tilted his head to the side a bit. 

 

"Not at all kid. I actually think I have something for you. You see,you aced your training with flying colors,plus your darkness type of power might be rather useful."The general said as he poked Vashle. Vashle rubbed his shoulder and shrugged. 

 

"Er,I guess?"Vashle asked as he rose an eyebrow,but the General simply tapped the back of his back and smiled. 

 

"Stop worrying so much kid. Considering that you became the top of your squad back at the barracks,I decided to sign you up for a special mission today."The General said. Vashle stared,rather dull expression on his face. 

 

"You know I don't support me having to-" 

 

"You won't have to kill anyone!"The General assured. "We need your shadow powers to be able to sneak around and stuff. Come on,I'll lead you over."The General insisted as he pulled Vashle into the building,closing the door behind them. 

 

...

 

"Straight line everyone,no pushing."The young man said as he held the clipboard in his hand,writing down the members that were being moved into the Gummi Ship. The group waiting go enter was big. Dozens of military keyblade wielders waiting to leave Disney Castle to Hollow Bastion for their latest attempt to conquer the world in the name of the KWU. There wasn't really a specific uniform for them,so it made it easy for a specific someone to blend in. Instead of her usual suit she wore a very different outfit: She wore a white long sleeve blouse with a ruffle around the neckline,over it she wore a black vest with golden color buttons on it,black and gray suit-like pants,black boots with gold-color laces on it,a black schoolboy hat with a golden-colored crown (Sora's crown) button on it,black fingerless gloves and steampunk glasses,black with golden trims and red shades. As long as she hid her eyes,which gleamed red with striking black symbols on them,no one would ever find out,hopefully atleast. 

 

"(You're good Yuri,just a few more minutes,as soon as you're off the world you're good to go and in the safe lane.)"Yuri thought,glancing from side to side from time to time,hoping that no one would sniff her out of her disguise before she even got into the gummi ship. Oh she was going to help,either anyone liked it or not. Eventually it was her turn and she walked up to the Gummi Ship entrance. 

 

"Wait,"The young man said and Yuri froze,had it been to obvious?! "...love your steampunk glasses."The young man finally said with a smile before letting her enter. Yuri forced a smile and breathed a sigh of relief as she stepped inside. 

 

-Worlds Power Alliance: (WPA)

Name: Riley "The Jinx" Erika

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Appearance:

Weapon: Portable tri barrel minigun she calls PewPew, a rocket launcher she calls Jaws, and an electric zapper pistol she calls Thundershock. She also has grenades.

Pew Pew uses a tri burst system, and rarely full auto. Jaws uses low yield explosiblves so Riley can carry more ammo. Thundershock is like a tazer hooked up to a Pikachu.

Bio: Riley is utterly insane. Born insane, grew up insane, Riley just wanted to watch the world burn. So of course she joined the military!

 

But was nearly ended after she nearly burned down Traverse Town. Twice.

But her court marshal was ended and she was pardoned by Reidan Aurora himself, and made a Colonel in the Army. Sent to fight at Hollow Bastion, she has been evaluated for a position as Commodore, changing her from Army to Navy so she may be given more freedom.

 

Riley doesn't care.

 

She just wants the world to burn. Which is why she is The Jinx - everyone who stays too close gets jinxed.

 

They tend to die in a horrendous explosion. So people keep their distance when she isn't all fired up. Riley actually is...tolerable when not in battle. She ends up being calm and collective, and very aware of her insanity.

That just makes everyone terrified of her even more.

Theme Song: (Optional)

 

^

I made a sorta evil character. So there are some more antagonists.

 

Seris slipped out of the opera house. So far five of seven contacts had told her they wefe with her. She had a network already, and these contacts just strengthened it. So now she headed to a seedy bar called the Cantina. A most wretched meeting place of scum and badness, she settled into a chair across from a normal man in a trench coat.

"D'Jargo?"

"Commander Seris Aether of ADI."

"Good. No need for pointless introductions. You know why I am here."

"I do. But you see...there's a Mark on your head. Ten million, and that's just for a picture. They want your head on a pike and displayed at Twilight Town."

Seris lounged back. "They?"

"Why, Aurora's Imperial Guard." He said with a cocky grin. "Goodbye."

"I once had a teacher. He told me a story."

D'Jargo paused. "Last words? Of course."

"Once upon a time this smuggler was in a cantina. He was hunted. A bounty hunter came to kill him. You know how the story ends?"

Before D'Jargo could speak, Seris shot him dead. His soghtless eyes looked at the Raikou VII handgun passed down through the Aether family.

"Han shot first."

 

Stabding up, Seris walked out and disappeared into the alleyways as ADI Commandoes descended upon The Cantina. Finding D'Jargo dead...the commandoes slaughtered the patrons and the bartender, leaving the Cantina reeking of death before the police arrived.

 

Seris watched from the rooftop of a building a block away, then stowed her binoculars. This wouldn't go well.

She leapt down, triggering her grav boots. She landed softly, then hurried away.

"Scarecrow, this is Rapier. We're made. Rapier has ten mil on head."

"Scarecrow copies. Leaving the field to the crows. Broadsword and Falchion pulling out as well."

Seris slipped into her hideout, and abandoned warehouse on the waterfront. She had made the upper office a small ops base, and there she barricaded herself in.

"Rapier to Legacy - prepare to unleash Rowan's Savior."

No answer. Then...

"Five minutes to initiation. You have ten."

 

Seris set her hideout to detonate, then grabbed her rifle, miscellaneous weapons she might need, swung over her motorcycle, and roared off.

 

As the warehouse exploded, Seris grimaced.

Too soon.

Too damn soon.

The ship soon landed in the WPA main camp on Hollow Bastion. The world was basically in ruins. The WPA had set up a refugee camp for the people so they can be away from the KWU that are meant to conquer this world. Talon got off the ship with his four men. They walked through the ruins and into a tent. There stood the commanding officer for the WPA. He then saluted Talon. The other soldiers did as well. He smiled.

 

'' Lower your hands soldiers.'' Talon said as he looked at the map of Hollow Bastion. He scaled it for a little bit.

 

'' What is your busy sir?'' the officer asked. Talon turned to him.

 

'' Me and my men will take the North. That's where I believe where the KWU is still trying to take. We already have the east, but we must claim the north so we continue the battle in the center.'' Talon said as he held his sword.'' Now, let us go men. We have a battle to win.'' Talon stated as he pulled out his sword. He and his men then stormed out of the tent and onto the battlefield.

 

As they were making their way towards the North, Talon signaled his men to stop. There was a KWU patrol squad. Talon nodded as one of his men then rushed towards them. He pulled out two whips and soon, lightning formed around them. He quickly defeated the patrol. The man had short blonde hair, black sunglasses, white skin, black shirt, brown pants, a black jacket, two machines that generate the lightning into his whips on his wrists, and he had a WPA symbol on the sleeve on his jacket.

 

'' Good job Darius.'' Talon said as he clapped. Darius nodded as they all continued to walk. Talon himself will take the North. He will kill any KWU in his way. He saw a bow and arrow on the ground. It didn't belong to the KWU. There must be a resistance group. Talon picked up the bow and studied it.

 

-Flashback-

Talon had just washed up on the shore of the beach. He buried his Father in the sand. It was all he can do. He couldn't do anything. He was now stuck on the island until someone actually came and saved him. He stood up and soon, a arrow went through his chest. Talon screams as he sees a man in a green hood behind him as he passes out.

 

Talon soon woke up in a cave. He was silent as he saw the man in the green hood walk up. He had a black bread, Chinese looking, a well fit body, around the age of 30-40, a ruined green hood, green shirt, and green pants. Talon stared at him.

 

'' Why did you shoot me..?'' Talon asked the man spoke in a weird language.'' Answer me!"' Talon said with all his strength. The man turned to him.

 

'' I said, it was for your protection.'' the man said as Talon looked confused.

 

'' I thought I was alone on this island.'' Talon whispered as he saw the man grab his bow.'' Wait, you can't just leave me here.''

 

'' If you are wondering, I am Yao Fei and no, you are not alone on this island. Lets go hunting shall we?'' Yao Fei says as he leaves the cave. Talon soon finds the strength in himself to stand up and follow. He couldn't even walk that much into he finds Yao Fei. Talon then sees him fire an arrow at a bird.'' That is your meal. Go get it.'' he says as he leaves. Talon stares at Yao Fei as he leaves and he goes to get the bird, until he is caught in a net trap. Yao Fei is gone as Talon sees people in black carrying guns, walking to his position.

Accepted

---

 

Ravio sighed as he stared down at the box of chocolates in his hands. He stood infront of his sister's room. His sister was obviously very upset over the situation that happened over at the meeting, His sister would always get upset,but if anything,she loved chocolates,and if he brought her chocolates,she surely couldn't stay made forever. "Yuri,"He said,knocking on the door. "I know you're mad,but come on,you know that we don't let you fight for your own good. You have your own heart condition,if you get to stressed or to nervous your heart can collapse and so on. You know that right?"Ravio said as he stood by the door. No answer. "...well,I'm coming in,Yuri."Ravio said as he opened the door and looked inside. At the first sight,he couldn't see Yuri,she wasn't around. "Yuri?"Ravio asked as he walked around her room. She wasn't sleeping,she wasn't in the bathroom,she wasn't in the balcony. "If she isn't here where she went?"Ravio muttered. That's when he felt that he stepped on something. He looked down and knelt to pick up a silver crown. (Very similar to Sora's) It was her crown,atleast the crown she was soppouse to wear and take care of. It was on the floor. He quickly noticed that her usual tux was sprawled on the floor and her closet was wide open,with a few things in it missing. "...dammit Yuri."Ravio said,dropping all items from his hands as he ran out,but he was to late.

 

...

 

Yuri was in a packed Gummi Ship heading straight to Hollow Bastion. She didn't felt nervous,she actually felt exited. She wasn't one to agree or to even support any type of fight or war. But she had never been involved in this civil war physically before...she really wanted to see how everything was in the frontlines herself,not just rely on paperwork and reports.

 

"Everyone get ready,we're about to land!"One of the keyblade wielders said. The Gummi Ship eventually came to a smooth landing,its doors opening as everyone walked out into Hollow Bastion. It was a wasteland,battle-scarred and destroyed. They had landed in the northern KWU camp,and orders were soon thrown around. 

 

"Get everyone in positions and give them any needed equipment,we're moving out in 10,we are going to recon the area and clear out any WPA members we encounter."

 

...

 

Within Atlantica a group of five splashed into the world. Within the group was Vashle,who now had a dark shark tail and was shirtless. 

 

"We are here,"One of them said,his voice deep, "Be careful and lets make it quick. We attack and we kill,this may be their base but they have nowhere to run underwater."He said as they started to swim. Vashle stared and simply followed,staying quiet. Their mission: Attack the Atlantica WPA base,and kill everyone inside. Take any information possible back. 

Meanwhile... In Twilight Town...

 

Hearing the heavy, rhythmic footsteps of someone approaching, the remains of Polaris Team quickly wiped away any traces of mourning and sadness just as the door opened to reveal their commanding officer. With Silber acting as squad leader, he quickly snapped to attention. "Sir!" he barked to the war veteran. Aurora and Winter were at attention as well, albeit somewhat distant and slightly unresponsive.

 

"At ease, Two-Three" the captain gently replied. SIlber obliged, immediately dropping his salute. "Gear up team. You're being shipped out."

"Where to, sir?"

"Hollow Bastion. Your orders: seek and destroy all keyblade opposition."

The two girls gave each other a quick glance as their leader continued. "Expected resistance?"

"Well, this is contested grounds. Assume worst case and go with level 5 threat, not that I need to worry."

"Sir?"

"I have to say, I've always thought that having this team stationed here on Twilight Town was a bad use of resources. The WPA needs their best shooters deployed for one great big push to completely wipe out the keyblade wielders on that world."

"..... When do we ship out, sir?"

"Within the hour. Your gummi ships are already outfitted and ready to go. Be advised, intelligence has confirmed of more keyblades heading to that world. Do yourselves a favor and shoot them out of the lanes-between to save from the trouble of fighting them on the ground. The new Hammerhead missiles does wonders..."

"Will do, Sir." 

"Oh, and one more thing, Polaris Team."

"Sir?"

"Even though you're all considered the best, don't miss... Like what happened before..."

"Y-yes sir."

"Dismissed, Team."

 

As the memories of the 'incident' rushed back into his head, SIlber fought hard to keep a straight face up until their officer disappeared behind the closed door. He let off a painful sigh, then slowly turned around to face the girls. "You heard him" he echoed, "we gotta go..."

 

Aurora was the first out of the room, with Winter slowly in tow after she grabbed the precious black velvet box on the desk and gently pocketed it. It was tough for Silber to watch them like this, but he had no choice as he quietly closed the door behind him, then started making their way to the armory.

......

"Polaris Team, eh?" the cocky weaponmaster snorted, "yeah, I got your weapons right here." The masked man quickly disappeared behind some crates with blood red stamps of manufacturing names on them before popping back out with three shiny, blue and white rifles unlike anything the team had ever seen. "Uh... Are you sure these are our weapons?" SIlber questioned, "They're far different than what we handled shortly before being called for that war rally about 30 minutes ago."

"that's what the papers have assigned you. Gotta say, you're all pretty lucky. I've only read about these rifles."

"What do you mean?"

"These rifles are the same models that some nitprick keyblade wielder used a long time ago. Always swore by it. Call 'imself a 'Guardian' or something like that."

"So, what makes them special?"

"It can be a rifle, sniper, a cannon, or two rapid firing SMGs. It all depends on the flick of your wrist."

"Really now? Show us."

 

After a crash course on the magical weapon's capabilities, Silber, Aurora, and Winter promptly made their way to the hangers where their ships were stored. "Wooo!" Winter heard a man shout in the distance somewhere out of her view, "Polaris Team being sent out?! Dis gun B gud!" It took every ounce of discipline to resist shooting everyone who was catcalling her and Aurora as the hanger doors opened up to reveal three sleek fighter gummis already outfitted for war. Silber let off a sigh as they all slowly walked to their own ships. "let's hope we can find Articus. Just... Run away from it all and wait this war out." Running through their usual procedures, it wasn't long before Polaris Team took to the skies, heading to a battle that many believed they would return from...

----

 

"Articus!" a keyblade warrior yelled to the boy. He had just finished up healing all of the new patients that had arrived on the Land of Departure and was just about take a break. He reluctantly looked up, exhausted but happy that no one had died as their eyes met. "We need a healer on the front lines over at Hollow Bastion. You're going."

"Why me?!" he cried out, "Why not someone else?!"

"Calm down, boy. You're pretty good at what you do, and we need that to keep our numbers up as we all try to keep that world from falling into the wrong hands. That's where you come in. You're going out in 10 minutes. Another veteran will be expecting you on that world, so don't hold up."

 

Too exhausted to protest anymore, he quietly nodded. "Good boy." the warrior remarked, "I just hope you're good at killing as you are healing. We'll need every blade we can get." Taking in the scenery one last time, Articus then started making his way to the courtyard where his gummi ship was parked ,and quickly took to the skies toward Hollow Bastion.

"Colonel, we got incoming KWU on the west flank."

"Divert Tank Battalion Four's Third Company that way."

"Ma'am...we got Taln pushing east."

Riley sighed. Patting her impressive minigun, she walked around the holographic display. "Send Terric Wing to provide close air support. Divert Captain Fontaine to center and have him reinforce out line." Riley felt the bloodlust start building. Delicious, delicious bloodlust... Riley felt like seeing the world burn.

"Lieutenant Dakka!"

"It's Dunkel..."

"Whatever. Dakka! Hold here! I need to blow stuff up."

 

Before anyone could say anything, Riley was out, PewPew revving. "The Jinx is heading for the front!" She yelled gleefully.

When she arrived, a nice open spot was waiting. With a maniac grin she stepped up and started to spray the area with bullets.

"Say hello to my friends of varying size!"

 

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Seris was pissed. That was her motorcycle! They blew up her motorcycle!

SMGs out, she unloaded them into the street, trying to break out of the alleyway. Clicking empty, she tossed them away and chucked a grenade.

Badaboom. Seris ran, drawing two pistols - the Raikou and a more modernized Hawkins. Busting a few caps, she found herself surrounded by ADI Commandoes.

"Bring a few tanks and we'll call this fair."

"Fire." Was the only reply.

 

A blip appeared on her HUD. She began to laugh.

The commandoes paused in confusion...then were thrown helter-skelter as missiles tore up the area. A Redeemer Gunship roared overhead then turned on a quarter, coming down to pick up Seris.

"Commander."

"Lieutenant Ray. I see you've taken my side."

"Ma'am, you'd be surprised. Now we need you at the docks. We are taking it now."

Seris nodded, holstering the pistols. Hanging onto a handhold, Seris watched as the Redeemer roared off.

"Aumro..."

"We'll escape. Aurora has files we need though, so we need to hide and infiltrate the building."

"That is suicidal. We'll need to wait. I don't have the allies I need."

Ray was silent as the gunship exited the city and roared towards the imposing assault carrier.

"This is Commander Aether to all units: commence Freedom Everlasting."

Talon shook his head as he threw the bow away. Darius looked at him and patted his shoulder. Talon looked back. They soon started walking through the streets once again. He witnessed the destruction of the town. He remembered how it was peaceful, after all, it was his home world. This is why he has to take it in the name of the WPA. Talon then sat down on ruined steps. Darius nodded at the other three soldiers as they went to scout. Darius took a seat next to Talon.

 

'' Is it bringing you bad memories?'' Darius asked as Talon looked up.

 

'' Darius, me and you are still friends right?'' Talon asked as he looked at him. Darius smiled and laugh.

 

'' Of course were still friends. Who else could've helped you accomplish your task?'' he asked. Talon smiled a bit and laughed.

 

'' Your right. Nothing can tear us apart. Even when I was gone for 5 years, you were still my friend.'' Talon stated as he stood up. Darius stood as well.'' Now, lets find the main battle ground so we can end the battle of Hollow Bastion. Lets show them our power.'' Talon said as Darius nodded as they started running towards noise.

 

Soon, they reached it. The center of the North. They were screams and explosions as Keyblade gliders and airplanes soar through the sky. Talon quickly ran with Darius towards the WPA command center. Trying their best to dodge the beams of light and bullets being sprayed across the field. They soon reached the tent. They all saluted Talon.

 

'' Men, today we make the turning point in the battle of Hollow Bastion.''

 

-Flashback-

Talon is seen walking with the group of armed people as they arrive at a camp. They were many more of the men. They soon pushed him into a tent where he saw a man sitting down, pouring himself tea. He had the same black clothing the other people wore, but he didn't wear a mask. He had curly blonde hair, some lines on his face, and white skin. The man finished pouring the cup as he looked at Talon.

 

'' Have a seat.'' the man said as Talon sat down carefully. The man then pushed the cup towards Talon.'' Have a drink. I bet you won't be getting these back anytime soon.'' the man said as Talon slipped it fast.

 

'' Thank you'' Talon said as he felt relaxed. Soon, the man presented Talon with a picture of a man in a military uniform. Most likely the ones the WPA wears.

 

'' Have you seen this man?'' the man asked. Talon soon recognize the man as Yao Fei. Talon shook his head carefully. The man laughed.'' Your lying.'' the man said as Talon shook his head.

 

'' I'm not lying.'' Talon stated as the man stood up. He walked around Talon.

 

'' You want to know how I can tell you were lying? It's your eyes. Now, I'm not going to ask you again, where is he?'' the man asked as Talon shook his head.

 

'' I don't know who your talking about.'' Talon quickly stated once again. The man sighed.

 

'' Do you want to know the name of this island? It's name is Lian Yu. Mandarin for purgatory. I can also make it feel like hell. My name is Edward Fyers. Let that be the last name you hear.'' Edward said as he walked away.'' He's all yours.'' Soon, a man in the same clothing with in with a sword. This man was different. He wore a mask. Half of it was black as the other was yellow.

Dunkel saluted Talon. "Sir, the Colonel went to the frontlines herself. If you wanna talk to her, wait until she's out of bullets. To be honest, she's a nutcase. Crazy as hell, but at least you can bet she won't be sitting back barking orders without first having charged into the fray for some real hard intel." He paused. "Dunno what the Generals here think, but she does bring results - even if she's loonier then Bugs."

Giving Talon a tired smile, he turned back to the other high-ranking members and well. He just kinda, stood there. He was just an aide after all.

 

MEANWHILE....

 

Riley was blasting whoever and whatever decided was going to have the crappy lucky of entering her range. KWU were making a move, but she just drew Jaws and started blowing up even more stuff!

"I have the best intentions!" She said insanely, continuing to throw explosive rocket after explosive rocket at her targets. Which was anything she currently saw.

The dire danced across her eyes.

"Get jinxed!" She crowed as a fresh wave of KWU troops charged her position...and promptly fell prey to the artillery company that was supporting her.

Drawing her minigun, she resumed firing, the maniac grin never leaving her face.

 

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The guards currently making sure no one entered the Sarah Aether didn't even have time to cry. They died where they stood, and soon enough more and more began to fall.

The Aetherius-Class assault carrier was almost a ghost ship by the time the gunfire ended. The rebellion was quick and efficient - stun guns had taken out the unarmed engineers and such while the enemy guards were gunned down. The bodies were being dragged away as Seris' gunship angled for a landing.

 

The girl stepped out of the gunship amidst people she trusted. Walking without pause towards the bridge, her real crew began to board. All she cared about was getting underway.

"What's our obstacles."

"Once we leave dock, the only thing that could stop us is the Third Fleet."

 

Seris grimaced. Crap.

Vashle swam along with the rest of the small team of five. His Atlantica form he had a dark gray shark tail with sharp cuts on the tail. The WPA base stood out within the dark waters. It was built up to an underwater coral reef,circular and oval shapes and designs,made out of metal and glass,mold and seaweed grew on the outside,which needed constant cleaning,besides a few starfishes and other sea creatures that just liked to hang around the glass. Through the glass you could see a few of the WPA members walking around,doing their rounds and work. Vashle's eyes narrowed.

 

"I thought you told me that we wouldn't kill anyone."Vashle hissed. As one of the men rested a hand on his shoulder.

 

"And you won't kill anyone. All you have to do is stay away from the comotion and do your orders."The man said. Vashle turned to him.

 

"And my orders are?"Vashle asked as he rose an eyebrow.

 

"Rather easy,mate."The man said as he swam around and pointed at the base. "As soon as we infiltate we will cause a distraction,your mission is to insert this virus into their main computer. That will instantly send all their files straight to our data center at Disney Castle."The man said as he handed Vashle a small flash-drive. Vashle stared down at it and slightly nodded. The man smirked a bit. "Alright,mission .HACK is in movement."

 

...

 

Ravio walked down the halls wearing his usual attire of royal warrior robes,a cape with the crown symbol adorbing his shoulders. Besides him dozens of war tactitians were babbling different plans and strategies,they were most annoyed of how they were outnumbered at Hollow Bastion,and how they were about to lose their most important if only post on the north.

 

"If we don't do something soon our years worth of efforts on trying to conquest Hollow Bastion to our side would've been for nothing,we would be starting from square one all over again!"One of them hissed. Ravio wasn't really in the best mood but he listened anyways.

 

"I understand,but..."Ravio suddenly turned to a certain person. This man wore robes as a marking on his face distincted him from the rest. "Dante." The young man in robes looked up nodding.

 

"Yes my lord?"Dante asked.

 

"Please watch over the castle while I'm gone. I must go ahead and chek up on Hollow Bastion myself."Ravio said as Dante bowed.

 

"Yes my lord."Dante said. Ravio turned to the other men.

 

"Prepare the Gummi Ship."Ravio said as he then turned. "Also,please keep watch over any news of my sister. This castle has its limit surely she can't hide within the grounds forever." Dante closed his eyes and noded.

 

"Yes my lord."Dante said,with that Ravio walked away with his other men. Dante glanced to the side. "This war will end up being fought with sticks and stones and bones. There must be a way to stop it...right?"Dante muttered to himself as he walked around the halls.

 

...

 

It was a mess. You could hear the loud fighting outside of the camp area. Keyblade Gliders flew past them and abover them as the ground shook from time to time. The injured most likely was the worst part of the camp. The medical tent reeked from blood and bacteria. Soldiers were running out to fight as soon as others were brought in due to injuries. As chaotic as it all may seem to Yuri,it was strangely enough,ordered,like planned out from a book or an instruction manual.

 

"(How does everyone know where they're going and doing? None of this makes sense?)"Yuri thought as she glanced around,trying to follow the crowed,but it was much more dificult than others made it seem.

 

"What do you think you're doing?" Yuri turned to see an older man with a uniform and some medals. "Well?"He asked.

 

"Er,"Yuri said,quickly thinking up an excuse or a lie. "I got lost,I-I don't know where I'm suppouse to go?"Yuri muttered as she gave her sheepish smile. The general rolled his eyes.

 

"Well you aren't broken nor crying nor bleeding,must mean you belong to the dispense group."The man said as he started to push Yuri across the camp and into a specific group that were standing infront of some gates. Yuri had no time to reject the offer or to even ask about it as the man walked away busily.

 

"What is going on?!"Yuri hissed to herself. That's when a loud voice rung from the stands.

 

"Alright,it's a war zone out there. Your job is to fight and distract the enemy while the retreive team recovers the injured!"The young man with pink hair said as he started to pull a chain. Soon enough the gates opened. "Go,and be careful! For Omega!" The crowed of fighters roared the chant,running out of the camp and into the battlefield. Yuri was eventually dragged along. It was like a slap to the face for Yuri as soon as she got to the battlefield. The scent of blood was overwhelming and the screams and cries of the injured were ringing in her ear along with the loud noises of the gliders and the guns of the WPA soldiers.

 

"...so...this is war?"

 

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-Keblade Wielders Union (KWU):

Name: Dante 

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Weapon: Wishing lamp (keyblade) 

Bio: Son of mere servants of the castle,born into serving the royal family. He served Omega herself when she was alive and eventually was assigned as Yuri's assistant,to which they have been together ever since. As loyal as he is he dislikes the idea of this war,convinced that there must be a third side to the story. He wishes to find a way to help to stop this war to avoid anymore lives from being wasted. He wishes to find out the truth. 

Theme Song: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hOsHBTn_o

Neena sat at a bar in Port Royal. A shot glass full of ice was in front of her as she listened to the drunkards around her fight and brag. Finally she heard some worthwhile news from some soldiers at the bar near her. Rumors about Atlantica having intel that the KWU would kill to have. She left a few pieces of money next to her glass, and stood. The assassin walked out of the bar, turning into an alleyway. She scanned her surroundings to make sure nobody was watching, before Neena opened a dark corridor to Atlantica. She stepped through. Neena found herself in the WPA base under the sea. Pulling out her bow, she ran through the base. She intended to guard the base. No offense to the regular soldiers here, but she was much better. She could only hope that she was not too late.

[Finally back from so much crap...]

 

Punching through the atmosphere of Hollow Bastion, three gummi-ships poked through the clouds above the battlefield, their hulls glowing a searing red from re-entry onto the war-torn world. "Rrrrrgh..." Commander Silber growled through the comms to his other two squadmates, "the battle has already begun. We'll have to follow orders later. Aurora, Winter, move to assist our side. Remember girls: It's kill or be killed."

 

"I understand, Silber." Winter's voice was a mere whisper through the headset as a glowing blue screen lit up next to him, showing both Aurora and Winter's ship arming as she flew past him towards the battleground below. "Winter, engaging." The distant echoes of her cannons firing at the keybladers below was both reassuring and sickening for the commander as Aurora broke formation. "Aurora, engaging keybladers above our camp."

 

"Affirmative, Aurora" SIlber replied, "clear the skies, give them some breathing room. Standby girls...." Glancing over to a holographic big red button on his right side, he gently tapped the tempting instrumentation. Immediately, his ship shook violently 12 times as he struggled to maintain altitude and stability, the blinding white flashes accompanying the shaking forcing the leader to squint underneath the protective helmet. "Support salvo, away." He looked around to confirm if his attack was successful, and saw twelve white streaks around his ship seeking their own targets. Some were headed towards the camp of the WPA, the others to the battlefield that Winter was helping out in. Remembering Aurora's capabilities, Silber decided it was best to reinforce the battlegrounds below as he moved his ship besides Winter, which was already hovering at this point and laying down the covering fire their side so desperately needed. "I'll pull security" Silber notified the silver-haired pilot, "you focus on minimizing casualties on our side." Even though there was silence from the radio, he knew she understood and promptly went to work....

 

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Articus was several minutes away from the battlefield of Hollow Bastion, the dread of the impending battles that he had to face becoming more unbearable for the usually pacifist keyblader. "What if..." he calmly whispered, staring at the distant world as it slowly got bigger in view, explosions from battles gently lighting up the world. "What if they're there?" An alarm firmly notified the keyblader to brace himself as the re-entry procedures started, the rhythmic shaking of the ship hitting the atmosphere starting as he held on tight to the controls. "It's not the same without you... Winter... Aurora...... Silber.... Please, please don't be here." 

Talon looked at the battle. It was deadly. He knew that for a fact. He turned and saw Darius and his other three men getting ready to fight. He knew they were ready and so was he. He drew his sword.

 

'' Dunkel right? Make sure no one gets in our way.'' Talon calmly said as he and his men then ran through the battlefield. Soldiers soon stopped fighting as they saw Talon and his men. There it was, the first wave of the Keyblade Wielders rushing towards them, screaming. Talon looked down and jumped in the air. He soon landed in the center of them. He quickly disarmed them as he was knocking the keyblades out of their hands with his sword. He got slashed a few times doing it, but he also killed some. Darius had his whips come out and had lightning form around them. He quickly started whipping everyone he seen. The other three began their fighting as well.

 

As soon as Talon stabed a keyblader to the ground, he couldn't help himself. He smirked as his eyes started turning red.

 

'' This feels good...'' he said as he then picked up a keyblade as it didn't disappear as he grabbed it and started going through a blood rage. He was killing everything in sight. weather it was kwu or wpa. He was killing. He hadn't felt this alive since what he did. He laughed as he did as he jumped and cutted down a keyblader. Nothing could stop Talon. Afterall, he does have a nickname given by the WPA. 'the demon of the island' Talon smirked as he saw the second wave coming. He moved some hair out of his face.'' Get ready keybladers. You'll soon find out why even the organization couldn't keep me~'' he said as he rushed towards them with Darius by his side.

 

-Flashback-

Talon is being held by ropes as he was hanging from the pole supporting the tent. Edward looked at him as the man with the mask stood by him.

 

'' I shall ask you one more time, where is he?'' Edward asks as the masked man pulls out a sword. Talon stayed quiet.'' Have it your way.'' Edward stated as he left the tent as the man soon stabbed Talon in his lower abdomen. He screamed as the man did it. Soon, an arrow went through the tent, striking the masked man as Yao Fei entered and started fighting the masked man hand to hand. Soon, Yao knocked him on the ground as he freed Talon. They both started running through the woods until they reached the cave. There Talon fell on the ground.

 

Yao fei looked at him as he stared.'' Your strong. You did not tell them where I was.'' Yao fei said as he was about to leave.

 

'' Wait, where you going?!"' Talon asked as Yao Fei threw Talon a knife.

 

'' I am leading them away. Stay alive.'' he said as he left the cave entrance collapsed on itself. Talon fell back as he soon saw something catch his eye. A WPA crashed ship outside of the cave as he saw through a hole. Whoever Yao Fei is, Edward is looking for him and it has to do with that WPA ship. 

Dunkel nodded. "Don't get too close to Colonel Erika! She's honestly crazy and she might not be much careful about where she fires her rockets!" He sighed. "Tarric Wing, we got Talon heading in. Fly cover."

 

Four heavy fighters flew over Talon, ripping apart incoming wielders that were trying to flank him.

 

Riley, meanwhile, was blasting away at wielders, laughing the whole time. She was drew both her heavy guns and resumed firing, blowing up anything and everything she could point at. Mostly the KWU approaching.

"BURN BABY BURN!" she cried out, continuing to blow stuff - and people - up.

 

 

MEANWHILE (again)

The Forward Unto Dawn rose from the depths. As a cascade of water fell from it's surface, the dreadnought had changed. Etro had updated and upgraded the ship - already light years ahead of the rest of the world, it remained as such.

But even as advanced as it was, the dreadnought would not last alone. But maybe...maybe it wouldn't be alone.

 

World of Gummis Orbit

Nothing had tried to stop them. Patrol cutters, destroyers, fighter wings. They all avoided the massive warship currently leaving the harbor. They knew, but they could do nothing. The Sarah Aether was now into the atmosphere.

"Commander..."

"I know."

 

Before her was Dawn's Ascent. The Third Assault Fleet was arrayed before her; fifty strong, from sleek corvettes to imposing dreadnoughts, the current flagship was the aged Eternal Fire. The venerable and well-known dreadnought had the name of every ship lost in the fleet, and with it, was the name of every person who died with it. The current one was the fifth incarnation; every hundred years the vessel was remade, and every one hundred years the venerable vessel was moored in the place it's captain was born. Luckily not all in Ohio. And right now, every gun was aimed at the Sarah Aether. And the current Aether herself.

Seris sighed softly. "I won't let them use her name like this."

"Ma'am...incoming transmission from the Eternal Fire."

"Go ahead."

 

Onscreen came the aged man named Jameson Collier. He had captained the Eternal Fire for twenty years, and was well-respected. His forefathers and foremothers had all captained an Eternal Fire, and right now, he stared long and hard at Seris.

"So. As every bit impulsive and irresponsible as the namesakes who created your own name?"

"As always Uncle James.:

He smiled ruefully. "I'm not your uncle"

"You always acted like the awesome uncle."

 

Then he did something that surprised Seris. He saluted her.

"Commander Aether, the Third Assault Fleet has come to an agreement. We all were born into families who valued this fleet and it's actions during the Four Horsemen Conflict; our grandfathers kept the peace during the Rowan Uprising. And right now, we've mostly come to the same conclusion." He grinned. "The Third Fleet stands ready to follow you, Admiral Aether."

 

Seris was really crying. "Guess loyalty runs deeper then duty."

"Our duty is to loyalty. To family, to friends, then to country. And in this situation, to hell with country."

Seris wiped her eyes. "Thank you."

"Now then. Dawn's Ascent - make way for our Flagship. We're leaving. To hell with Aurora. This isn't a righteous war. This is a war of hatred."

 

As the First Fleet, along with the Sarah Aether, entered hyperspace as the incoming Sixth fleet, Tyranny's Fall, came in...and stood dumbfounded and all fifty warships fled, leaving them with the image of the Third Fleet flipping them the bird as they escaped.

{Anya}

Anya finished with her upkeep on her weapons, then laid back on her bed. Thought she needed some sleep, she didn't feel tired, which let her mind wander. Mostly on her "sleeping problem."

She had met plenty of soldiers who suffered from bad dreams. She suffered from no dreams. Nothing. Just an..empty feeling. And when she lay in bed trying to fall asleep, she would think about it, and it bothered her.

"Great, here we go again." She whispered.

She was almost relieved when her comm chimed. She sat up and grabbed her comm.

"Coil." She said into the device.

"Coil." A male voice said. "This is Pennington. Meet me at my office in 10."

"Acknowledged, sir."

The line went dead. Anya took in a deep breath. Time for work.

 

{Vec}

Vec jumped and somersaulted from rooftop to rooftop in Disney Town, his cape flowing behind him. Above him, Nevermore floated in lazy circle around him. He would stop and watch the troops move around the town, an amused look on his face. This war was fun. Maybe it was time to turn it up a notch.

He altered his course to head for Disney Castle.

[Hollow Bastion, skies above the battlefield. Yuri is below in the crowd of WPA warriors]

 

"Keep up the support!" Silber screamed into his radio, his hands and fingers sweating as he fought to keep them on the joystick. An annoying keyblade glider managed to get a solid hit on the leader, but didn't get past the shield of the gummi ship as he initiated a dogfight. The constant beeping of the targeting systems trying to get a lock-on to the highly maneuverable vehicle was starting to annoy the hyper-focused pilot as proximity alarms blared into his ears. "Multiple hostiles.... Six o' clock" a calm, female robotic voice remarked. "I know that!" the human pilot screamed, another warning alarm blaring from the radar screen as it lit up with red dots. 

 

"Silber!" he heard Aurora screaming over the radio, "It's a trap! Pull out!"

 

Glancing at the radar screen, he was shocked to see a lone green dot amidst a sea of red. More alarms sounded, this time reminding the ship's pilot that the shield was as critical levels. "Shields.... 10%" the nonchalant female voice informed, almost mocking Silber and his relative ignorance. No way am I gonna let this guy slip! he mentally remarked, squeezing the trigger on the joystick. The rumble of the vulcan light cannon firing off a volley burst gave the leader some solace, but was quickly taken aback as the glider he was targeting simply dodged it, then saw the keyblade wielder flying the damn thing turning his head to face him and sticking out his tongue. At that moment, the screams of multiple fire spells quickly approaching the vessel were heard outside. The next instant, everything went black...

 

"Silber!" Aurora screamed, witnessing at least a dozen volley of fireballs impacting the gummi ship her beloved boyfriend was in. She couldn't see the ship; only the aftereffects of the fire spell as a giant plume of black smoke engulfed where the mechanical beast once flew. "Silber! Silber!" She was frantic, hoping that he was ok and could at least let them know he was still alive. Several tiny black specks circled the plume; keyblade gliders trying to confirm their kill as she sent her ship careening towards the scene. Still a bit away from entering the scene, the Silber's ship pierced through the cloud of ominous black. His ship's left wing was completely gone, a large ragged hole visible on the center of his right wing. The engines were trailing black as the barely conscious pilot struggled for control, aiming for the WPA base in the distance. Static filled their radio, with Silber's bloodied voice barely heard through it. "I'll......-e...... -ne! Secu-.......... attlfiel-" The black streak was heading straight to the camp, the only thing standing in its way being the battle below and Winter providing air support for the WPA troops. "Winter!" Aurora yelled into the radio, "Silber's been shot down! He's gonna try to get back to base, but I can already tell he won't make it! Get to wherever he crashes and protect him until someone can retrieve him!"

 

"O-ok!" the voice in the radio replied. As expected, Aurora could only watch on as the gravely battered ship tried to fly back to base, sinking lower and lower until it impacted the soil beneath, kicking up a respectable plume of dirt as the ship finally came to a rest. One of the WPA warriors happened to be right next to where it crashed, though the person looked paralyzed at the close call as Winter's ship hovered above the remains. The cannons on Winter's ship was blasting anything and everything foolish enough to get close to the downed airman, covering the lone WPA soldier and the ship.

 

[The 'lone WPA soldier' I'm referring to is Yuri, just fyi...]

Yuri almost got crushed by the giant flying piece of metal of a warship that crashed against the floor. Her heart seemed to skip a beat or two as she fell on her knees shaking to the fact that it was barely a few feet that it missed her. Otherwise one of the pieces of metal could have easily sliced her head off clean. Her breathing was cut short as she felt like fainting. Nausea was felt at the very pit of her stomach and felt woozy. Oh how Ravio was going to get a kick out of this one when she got back home...if she ever made it back! 

 

"That...was...close..."Yuri whispered as she held her keyblade close to her. 

 

"Hey,are you alright kid?!" Yuri looked up as she glanced at the KWU fighters standing on the top of a hill of dirt. They seemed to smile at her. "That's a WPA ship! Man you were one lucky son of a-" But before they could get closer,Winter's ship shot them off,their cannons steaming up and ready to kill. Yuri just stared as she breathed,and suddenly snapped her head towards the fallen ship,or atleast what was left of it. 

 

"WPA..."Yuri breathed as she glanced up at Winter's ship. It seemed they hadn't noticed her,or if they did,they didn't consider her a threat. She carefully stood up and glanced back at the crashed ship. She didn't think twice as she ran up to it. Parts of it were up in flames and it was a mess everywhere. Smoke and heat overwhelmed Yuri as she entered the crash site,doing her best to not inhale the toxic gas. Within what was left of the cockpit,slumped against the broken monitor and spread out glass was a silver haired man,wearing a WPA uniform. Yuri carefully walked over to him,dismissing her keyblade as she got her fingers to his neck. "(Why am I helping? Isn't he suppose to be the enemy?)"Yuri thought as her actions contradicted all that she thought. "(But he's a living being too...right?)" Yuri wrapped guy's arm around her shoulders. She was only five feet compared to the young man,but she did her best to help him up. "Hey,don't slip out on me buddy! I need to get you out of here before you turn into BBQ!"Yuri said with a lighthearted laugh,the steampunk goggles helping her see through the smoke as she pulled him out ever so carefully. 

 

...

 

"We're under attack!" The alarms went off in the atlantica base as personal ran across the plataforms to reach their stations. Within the shadows Vashle ran and moved quietly and undetected as he aimed for the computer machine in the main room. He slipped between the shadows and walked inisde,closing the door and locking it. There was no one inside of what he could see,and good,because he didn't want to get into a fight. He took out the flashdrive from the necklace and started to type on the computer. 

 

"Alright Vashle,just need to do this and you can go back and rest and I won't have to deal with any of these people for a while from then."Vashle said with a smile as he cracked his fingers. 

Yuri almost got crushed by the giant flying piece of metal of a warship that crashed against the floor. Her heart seemed to skip a beat or two as she fell on her knees shaking to the fact that it was barely a few feet that it missed her. Otherwise one of the pieces of metal could have easily sliced her head off clean. Her breathing was cut short as she felt like fainting. Nausea was felt at the very pit of her stomach and felt woozy. Oh how Ravio was going to get a kick out of this one when she got back home...if she ever made it back! 

 

"That...was...close..."Yuri whispered as she held her keyblade close to her. 

 

"Hey,are you alright kid?!" Yuri looked up as she glanced at the KWU fighters standing on the top of a hill of dirt. They seemed to smile at her. "That's a WPA ship! Man you were one lucky son of a-" But before they could get closer,Winter's ship shot them off,their cannons steaming up and ready to kill. Yuri just stared as she breathed,and suddenly snapped her head towards the fallen ship,or atleast what was left of it. 

 

"WPA..."Yuri breathed as she glanced up at Winter's ship. It seemed they hadn't noticed her,or if they did,they didn't consider her a threat. She carefully stood up and glanced back at the crashed ship. She didn't think twice as she ran up to it. Parts of it were up in flames and it was a mess everywhere. Smoke and heat overwhelmed Yuri as she entered the crash site,doing her best to not inhale the toxic gas. Within what was left of the cockpit,slumped against the broken monitor and spread out glass was a silver haired man,wearing a WPA uniform. Yuri carefully walked over to him,dismissing her keyblade as she got her fingers to his neck. "(Why am I helping? Isn't he suppose to be the enemy?)"Yuri thought as her actions contradicted all that she thought. "(But he's a living being too...right?)" Yuri wrapped guy's arm around her shoulders. She was only five feet compared to the young man,but she did her best to help him up. "Hey,don't slip out on me buddy! I need to get you out of here before you turn into BBQ!"Yuri said with a lighthearted laugh,the steampunk goggles helping her see through the smoke as she pulled him out ever so carefully. 

[Didn't know Yuri was KWU. Whoops. Oh well, this can work.]

 

Silber was bloodied and borderline conscious as the burning wreckage of his gummi ship started to engulf him. He knew where he was, he knew the imminent danger as he tried desperately to awaken his body. Furiously trying everything in his power to get a response, the overwhelming smell of smoke and metal engulfed his senses as his fingers twitched and nothing else. As far as the unresponsive pilot was concerned, he was going to be burned alive and unable to do anything about it; the twisted wreckage of his ship was going to be his own metal coffin. C'mon, stupid body! Work! I don't want to die here! I was about to propose to Aurora for crying out loud! Just before accepting his fate, he felt someone carry him. His body's reaction was to let off a cough, and Silber tasted blood as he was finally able to regain control of his body. "Hey! Don't slip out on me buddy!  I need to get you out of here before you turn into BBQ!" he heard the person remark. "I... uh..." was the only word to escape his mouth before actually slipping from consciousness...

 

"Wait... That's not one of ours!" Aurora yelled over the radio. "That guy is part of the KWU!" Winter was too busy protecting the wreckage of the ship and the lone person standing next to it to notice as she let off a controlled volley towards a nearby group of KWU members, the chin turret dutifully executing its electronic orders as several explosions occurred where lives once stood. Immediately, she aimed the cannon at the person in question, and froze. The soldier was handling Silber, and she was unsure if the soldier was taking him as a prisoner, or removing him from the wreckage to cleanly finish the job. "I-I can't do anything!" Winter replied back, "He's too close to Silber!" Her hands shook as her thumb teetered on pushing the 'fire' button, not wanting to end anymore lives, and yet not wanting their leader to die at the hands of the enemy. Aurora knew exactly what was going on and didn't blame her. They both didn't want to fight, and with their leader gone and no chain of command to enforce their idling, they technically don't have to anymore. She glanced over to Winter. The silver-haired girl's eyes were wide with fear and confusion. "Winter" She whispered over the radio, "Stand down. Lets see what this soldier does with him. Maybe... Just maybe... This soldier is our ticket to being reunited with Articus again." The radio fell silent, but she knew Winter was agreeing with her wholeheartedly. 

 

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Landing in the KWU camp, Articus promptly disembarked his gummi ship and looked around. The all too familiar stench of war, sadness and suffering filled the air as a voice boomed over the loudspeaker, talking almost non-stop as it directed everything around the camp. "Articus Two-One!" the electronic voice addressed, "report to medical tent Alpha immediately! Welcome to the battlefront!" With a heavy sigh, the heartbroken keyblade healer mindlessly followed orders, trying to make himself useful and find a little bit of bliss amidst the chaos and suffering. He knew he was going to head off to battle soon enough, and dreaded it just as much as he wanted it. An opportunity to run away, run away and wait out the war. But it was stupid, he reasoned, it would be best if his healing abilities were put to good use, causes being irrelevant. He walked briskly to the tent after following some makeshift signs, looking at the wounded as he prepped himself for the upcoming tasks.

Riley had pushed center, mowing down anyone and anything that got in her way. When the crash happened, reports of it filtered through her earpiece. Riley's bloodlust mostly sated, her insanity subsided.

"Artemis Wing to me. Clear a path to down ship. Any aircraft near downed allies, secure the area. I'm moving in."

Riley began to run, using PewPew to suppress enemy positions. Artemis wing slotted into covering positions, the Huntress-class assault fighters blasting anything close to Riley. They came under heavy fire, but for a lone soldier like Riley, it was easy to slip through the enemy lines while Artemis wing drew fire. Riley also was able to move faster, being alone.

"This is Colonel Riley Erika of the ADI. Sitrep on downed aircraft? I'll be arriving in one minute with close air support." Riley took cover, and clicked the minigun. Compacting, she slipped it onto her belt and drew Jaws. Popping out, she aimed and fired, sending a Keyblade Glider into a downward dive into the ground.

 

One minute later, she managed to arrive. Seeing a girl attempting to extract the pilot, she put her rocket launcher away. Running over, she gripped the unconcious man and started ron help. Then she noticed...the person next to her was KWU.

Later. She was surrounded.

"Who's unit does this aircraft belong to?" Riley barked into her comm. "Artemis wing, vector medievac gunship to me. Continue combat air patrol." Riley checked Silber's pulse. "it's there..." she muttered. "You. Have any medical supplies on you?" She said to the KWU...girl that had helped.

 

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Seris Aether leaned over the command console. Not sitting in her command chair like usual, she was watching reports.

"Alright...Neverland. ADI decommissioned an underwater base five years ago. Most of the Third Fleet was adapted for use above or underwater. The rest can hide in the jungles to the south of the base. Lasts reports say most activity there from the inhabitants are confinee ro the shores. The deepest part will be perfect for us to hide ships."

"Ma'am, we have four corvettes and one destroyer without underwater capabilities. We can try retrofits but we can't do it alone. We need to find some allies to pull it off."

Seris grimaced. "Any ideas?"

"The other technological powers are all part of the WPA. We theoretically could try magitech by going to Summoner's Spring. The Nagase family has historically always been friends with the Aether as well as the de Wynter family."

"De Wynter. Where are they?"

"Current head, Ashe de Wynter, labeled Missing during the WPA takeoger of Twilight Town. Her son Alex was killed during the opening days of the war..." the man trailed off. Seris was tearing up. "Daughter Leona also labeled missing." But he paused, frowning. "Ma'am, I...there's something strange with this. Here." He pointed. "Five centuries ago, Admiral Sarah Aether added an encrypted file to the de Wynter file. It's labeled the ARCTURUS CONTINGENCY."

"Code?"

"It says...My Light."

Seris typed in a string of letters. "ErisMara. Her wife and daughter."

 

The file opened.

"Ma'am. This...it says that Radiant Garden posesses a gate. This gate, dubbed Etro's Path, will open in time of great need."

"She never steered me wrong...Alright. I want all ships to Neverland. We alone to Radiant Garden."

"Ma'am..."

"It was renamed Hollow Bastion after the bombings."

 

The bridge saluted. The massive warship broke from the Third Fleet and headed for the hollow battlefield.

At the same time, in Valhalla...

 

The Forward Unto Dawn lifted from the confines of the city dock, and headed for the floating isle that marked Etro's Path.

The WPA soldiers were truly armed to their teeth. If one gun would get busted they would pull the other one out and keep fighting. The same couldn't be said for the keyblade wielders,who took so much pride in being to wield a keyblade. Yuri knew this the most. In a matter of moments what she considered partners were murdered by explosions,a sudden,quick yet violent death. It chilled her to the bone as she glanced at all the weapons pointed at her,making sure that she didn't attempt anything or so it seemed. She gulped as she gritted her teeth slightly. 

 

"(I never knew,it was this bad in the frontlines...)"Yuri thought. "(Brother's going to have a fit when he finds out I sneaked out. Can't say I won't be giving him an earful of how bad things are here when I get back...)"Yuri thought. Then it suddenly struck her. What if she didn't came back? At the moment she was at the will of the enemy. if any of them were to pull the trigger she was as good as gone. The fact she was still alive was a miracle itself. "(W...what will they do to me if they find out?)" She was suddenly snapped out of her thoughts,her glance landing on the WPA soldier that had helped with the unconcious boy. "Er,I think so."Yuri said as she carefully removed her backpack from her back and searched inside. It was uncomfortable as the WPA soldiers followed her every movement to say the least. She took out a big glass of green gooy liquid,to which she offered it to the soldier. "Here."Yuri said. She might as well comply,until she was able to find a way out of this situation. 

"Apply it or feed it to him." Riley told her. She looked at the troops dropped off by Artemis. "I need a perimeter. Vector the evac ship in ASAP."

Salutes all around, they mostly dispersed. Riley sat down, back to some wreckage. She impossibly was clean, her tattoos and light blue hair as clean as after a hot shower.

"I should kill you to spare the agony of the tower, but for saving one of ours...hell. I'm insane, not heartless." She muttered. "Artemis Wing, ETA on the evac ship?"

"Two minutes. We had to call in a frigate to punch through the Keyblade Glider screen but it will make it."

"Good. Inform them I got a POW."

"Yes ma'am."

Riley clicked her comm off. "Sorry girlie. I'm gonna have to detain ya. Nothing personal. Just war." She drew Zap-Zap. "Just come quietly and we can see about a life trade. You probably saved his life, so only fair we give you your own."

"Ma'am, you know protocol..."

"Explosion! Remember what happened to Evisceration?"

"It's Exelman, and his name was Everett..."

"Whatever. Remember what I think about protocol."

 

With a gulp, the man backed up. Riley laughed. "I love being insane. Of course, technically I could be considered sane, but I don't care. As long as the world burns~" she hummed to herself softly as the sounds of a huge ship echoed.

"There's our ride."

An arrow shot by Vashle's head, and stuck in the wall behind him. "That was a warning shot." Someone said as a figure stepped out of the shadows into view, a bow in hand. "Step away from the console or next time I won't be so lenient." Neena said, staring into Vashle's eyes. She refused to see a person. Only a keyblade, malicious and evil, with every intent to kill her and everybody she knew. The assassin of the WPA needed something to hate, and this boy was the perfect embodiment of it. A keyblade wielder, arrogant and youthful, wanting only to kill her. At least that was what she saw. "One more time, step away from the intel." Neena stepped towards Vashle threatingly, her bow ready to be drawn at a moment's notice.

Talon sat on a dead KWUs body as he and Darius were done with fighting for now. The battle was now turning in their favor. Talon's men should have the north in a few hours. He heard everything about the crash and unexpected help from a KWU girl. Talon stood up.'' Darius, head back to the command center, I'll go see what's the news about our little guest.'' Talon said as he walked through the battlefield until he saw the ship landing in front of them. They all saw Talon'' Hello my good soldiers and oh my, who's this? Is this our new guest?'' Talon asked he placed his hand on Yuri's chin.'' Feels like I've seen you somewhere but I can't put my finger on it. Congrats girl, you will be joining me to our command center in the west.'' Talon turned to the others.'' Unless anybody has a problem going there?'' Talon said with a little smile intending to kill his own men if they disobeyed as he held his sword in hand.

 

-flashback-

Talon stared at the ruined ship. He needed to get out there but how? He soon saw a stick of TNT.'' Maybe that work.'' Talon whispered as he then stuck it in the hole. Only one thing left, how does it light it. He soon started brashing to rocks next to other until he saw the fuse light up. He quickly jumped away as the cave exploded. He crawled out of the hole and got to his feet. His ears still ringing from the explosion as he made his way into the ruined ship. He saw all the normal things you would see in a plane until he got to the back. It had test tubes labeled 'miracle'. Talon looked at it weird as he was knocked out by Yao Fei who dragged the passed out Talon away.

Riley frowned. She never liked Talon. His reputation was worse then her own.

"No arguments sir. I found her though, so it is my duty to be her escort." She saluted though. "I'll accompany you immediately. My men will secure the site. Evac ship is thirty seconds out so we won't have to walk." Riley lowered her hand, then holstered her pistol, having finally managed ro get to that point. Formalities and superior officer duties blah blah.

"Colonel Riley Erika. First Assault Battalion." She introduced herself. "ADI's main force in the region. It's an honor to serve under you." Her words were careful and had her signature insane inflection, but otherwise were emorionless and crisp. Like a perfect soldier. "Do you require me to restrain our guest sir?" She inquired, producing some cuffs.

Edited December 8, 201311 yr by Oathkeeper136